Amazing English 2_Student's book

Student’s Book Elizabeth Gordon Jennifer Heath Philip James

Contents UNIT Reading Vocabulary Grammar Listening Speaking Writing Welcome pages 4-9 - • family & friends • subject & object - - - Around • sports & hobbies pronouns Town • home • to be pages 10-27 • school • possessives Our Amazing • food & drink • question words World • nature • p repositions of pages 28-45 place How are you? • p repositions of pages 46-63 movement The Amazing Kids! & Song: The Amazing Kids • F avourite days • town- & city- • present simple • a nswering • finding the • w riting a out in London related words • present • Metros around • t ransport- continuous multiple-choice differences postcard about the world related words • stative verbs a trip to a city • Is Hamleys the • places in town • p resent simple questions between two best toyshop in • verbs & present the world? • phrasal verbs continuous • m atching pictures • c hecking your • Ted’s travelblog • articles speakers to •talking about a punctuation things they buy picture • w riting words • u sing the correctly when imperative to give Values: Looking listening; double directions after places in letters your town or city Pronunciation: the Review 1 & Song: City life schwa vowel /ɘ/ CLIL: Geography Culture: Unusual towns and cities around the world The Amazing Kids Episode 1: A summer holiday • amazing • animals & • past simple • writing words • d escribing • w riting an animals animal-related • past continuous and numbers in pictures to tell a essay about • protecting the words • p ast simple & gaps story protecting the environment • n umber-related past continuous •deciding if • a sking and environment • the fight against words • used to statements are answering • u sing linking plastic • verbs • relative clauses true or false questions to words • the Washed • adjectives • looking out guess animals Ashore for words that • u sing different exhibition change the phrases to give correct answer your opinion Values: before listening Protecting the to answer Pronunciation: environment multiple-choice /s/ and /ʃ/ questions Review 2 CLIL: Science Culture: National animals The Amazing Kids Episode 2: The coral reef • Your amazing • health-related • present perfect • deciding if • a sking and • w riting an brain words simple statements are answering email to a • A re your • parts of the • for, since, just, true or false questions about friend giving gadgets bad for body already, never, • writing numbers using gadgets advice you? • verbs ever, yet, how and words in • a sking and • u sing • An emergency • adjectives long ...? gaps answering pronouns and • F unny hospital • have been & • identifying questions to find different words stories have gone whether names information or phrases • past simple & are for boys • t alking about to avoid Values: Knowing present perfect or girls before health problems repeating the what to do in an simple listening to and giving advice same words emergency • t alking about match names and phrases quantities to people in a Pronunciation: -ch picture Review 3 & Song: Family health problems CLIL: Health education Culture: Keeping fit around the world The Amazing Kids Episode 3: At the doctor’s 2

UNIT Reading Vocabulary Grammar Listening Speaking Writing • w riting a Going • H olidays for • h oliday- & • s ome / any / • t icking things • identifying the story about away everyone travel-related every / no on a list odd one out a holiday • Theme parks words • -one / -thing / • d eciding which (pictures) adventure pages 64-81 • Air travel • theme-park- & -where speaker says • talking about • u sing the • H ang Son funfair-related • b oth ... and, different things what someone correct past What do Doong: the words either ... or, • listening for did last year tenses you do? largest cave in • adjectives neither ... nor, prepositions • using sequencing the world • prepositions one / ones of place before words and • w riting an pages 82-99 • verbs • p ast perfect colouring and pictures to tell a article about Values: • phrasal verbs simple writing on a story a job Remembering • p ast perfect picture • using topic that different simple & past Pronunciation: -ee sentences people like simple and -i different things • future simple & be going to Review 4 CLIL: Maths Culture: Money in different countries The Amazing Kids Episode 4: Where’s Grandpa? • Amazing jobs • jobs & job- • first conditional • m atching • asking and • A very special related words • c an / could / be speakers to the answering ambulance • p oints on a able to jobs they do questions to guess • Kidzania compass • must / have to • a nswering someone’s job • C hildren in • collocations • m ay / might / multiple-choice • asking and business with money & could questions answering time • should • n aming people, questions to find Values: Learning • verbs • s ubject & object things and information to look after your questions activities before • u sing phrases money listening to to describe choose the something when correct the you don’t know picture the word for it Pronunciation: /z/ or /s/ Review 5 & Song: Jobs, jobs, jobs CLIL: Careers education Culture: Unusual jobs in different countries The Amazing Kids Episode 5: Lady Litterbug’s plan • Book of the • book- & • c omparative • w riting numbers • finding the • w riting a week entertainment- & superlative review of your • E scape from the related words and words in differences favourite book room! • materials • using • Minecraft • adjectives forms gaps between two adjectives to • How Internet • verbs make your smart are you? • not as ... as • listening to pictures writing more interesting • p assive (present number places • asking and simple) on a map answering Why • p assive (past • r ealising questions about don't you ...? Values: Using the simple) pictures are the Internet Internet safely • g erunds & full not in order • giving your pages 100-117 infinitives of appearance opinion and • question tags before listening agreeing and to match disagreeing with activities to your partner places Pronunciation: /ʌ/ and /æ/ Review 6 CLIL: The Arts Culture: Dances in different countries The Amazing Kids Episode 6: Saving the coral reef Grammar Tenses: form pages pages 118-119 Irregular Verbs pages 120-121 Speaking material pages 122-127 CONTENTS 3

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In Unit 1, you will ... Read about places to go on a day out in London. Write a postcard about a trip to a city. Listen to people talking about buying things in London shops. Talk about the capital of your country. Learn about unusual towns and cities around the world. Find out what happens to Feather, Cat, Rocky and Dash in Episode 1 of The Amazing Kids! A Look at the pictures. What can you see? Use these words. buildings buses café cars city motorbikes park people roads square streets town B Now talk about your town or city. Use these words. beautiful big boring busy dangerous exciting noisy pretty quiet safe small ugly centre cinema library museum shop stadium swimming pool UNIT 1 11

Lesson 1 READING A F ind and underline these words in the webpage. What do they mean? actor app front real tower treetop walkway underground We asked some young people from London, the capital of the UK, this question: What is your favourite place to go to on a day out in London? Paul: The Tower of London! At the tower, people from the past tell you about its exciting history. They’re only actors, but it feels like it’s real! There’s also an amazing app for phones. It helps me explore the tower. Jack: Grandpa and I often go to the London Transport Ruby: I love Kew Gardens – a really Museum. Grandpa likes the old buses and trains. big park in the city. There are amazing He remembers them! You can sit at the front of things to do there. The treetop an underground train and feel like you’re actually walkway is fantastic. It’s a path driving it! We also love the shop. It sells posters through the trees, but it’s 18 metres above the ground! You feel like you of old maps, toy trains and buses, mugs, and even are walking in the air! From there, cushions! The museum is free for young people under 18. you can see a long way! We always take a picnic with us when we go there at the weekend. Sometimes we invite our friends too. B Read the webpage and answer the questions. Write P for Paul, J for Jack and R for Ruby. 1 Who talks about a place to buy things? 2 Who thinks the past is exciting? 3 Who takes something to eat with them? 4 Who goes to a place with a grandparent? 5 Who can find out about a place with his or her phone? 6 Who talks about a view? 12 Amazing fact! D id you know that London's famous Big Ben is not the name of the clock or the tower? It's actually the name of the bell inside the tower.

VOCABULARY 5 You (never be) at home on Friday nights. A Circle the correct words. 6 ‘ (planes / travel) through the air?’ ‘Yes, they .’ 1 Jack sometimes invites / plays his best friend to his house at weekends. 7 Mum (go) to work on the bus – it’s her favourite kind of 2 We explore / look for the city on our bikes. transport. 3 We always feel like / remember Mum’s birthday. 4 Hello, do you buy / sell maps in this shop? 8 I (usually not 5 The teacher travels / drives to work on a train. remember) my friends’ birthdays. B Complete the sentences with these words. LISTENING air capital ground journey A Label the pictures. map picnic transport guard palace queen 1 We look at a to find a place. 2 People use different kinds of to get to work. 3 A long is often very boring. 4 We have a on the beach in summer. 5 Planes travel through the . 6 Don’t drop your phone on the ! 7 Paris is the of France. 123 GRAMMAR See Grammar Unit 1 Lesson 1. B Listen and choose the correct answers. Present Simple 1 The people are going on a trip around . We use the present simple to talk about: a the UK b London • general truths. 2 The bus is . Does it rain a lot in London? a red b grey • things we often do. 3 The guards at Buckingham Palace wear hats. We invite friends to our flat at the weekend. a black b red • permanent situations. 4 The guards change places at every day. I don’t live in a big city. a 11:00 b 11:30 5 The London Eye is near . See the table for form and the spelling rules on page 118. a Buckingham Palace b the River Thames 6 At the end of the trip, the people can buy Time expressions every day / night / week / month / year something to . at the weekend(s) a eat b wear in the morning / afternoon / evening on Monday(s) SPEAKING Remember that we use adverbs of frequency (always, Talk to your partner about usually, often, sometimes and never) with the present the capital of your country. simple to talk about how often we do something. What can people see there? Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. London is the capital of the Use the present simple. UK. People can see the River Thames, Buckingham Palace 1 ‘ (David / drive) to the city every day?’ ‘No, he .’ and the London Eye. 2 We (sometimes UNIT 1 LESSON 1 13 use) an app at the museum. 3 This shop sells maps, but it (not sell) posters. 4 ‘ (always you / sit) at the front of the train?’ ‘Yes, we .’

Lesson 2 READING A F ind and underline these words in the article. What do they mean? cheap network own pleased pusher subway Not all metros are the same! IhTrNWS’IJEaSepmIbnaheeinrpuvuhploeexwceesvtai.mutihrccwiatnmIlyshwii,ay’ioape.omtnoSselscri3ann,edsyoiaps.ettuk1pgsulyecmle,psoet’ooMminsahIoannpeu’rgmspmigtlooKnstlerellhesuoeetritoconrwhvestnliorrcnigeoedioseopownesviarmpltm,rttieaki,hosatspnteheptsaeftaeghttossihatrhorsewerLosefetpenmrwsh.omooelbgpteeTrennmreillwesegeaddtgrhetkragiasreoLena.asseonruntveserIsms.tase.e’dtstmTetM?cloTeictatoohTtiooahntmernnńelohtegelogsrtaeb.veteerotsLdhkeatutTtpdNeaoervsomoorhtynieesnmiifeleoluvfdeiwystyionttretaoeanhr’etnYsarnnimogrenertodoist.hnU,e.athrcTrtbftekraeiMrnhaoneholdCidellucndeeoooeianind!nnsotrttudycaThgrgrpstoamsreehesthuwoihuscneeeesituebathyxsaw’nnonwsiecarmtedforief!arcttasretuwyyil,vlshosdstevaoahesttrenanerthiaysPrk!nd’etsytahidfinttaomrnefhhiumclTsediemthlshlyeuoosme.oesuknaitmtoysdpw!mos,ebeot,rneersgtclttrdraaboo.tueuiioscnnenadtstuhhrs(eteeahyiwIlewlrodoearooylaknd.r'.TateImoht4’das6ava8zneyi,onomuigfsnyyt–dhaoelenwirmkdgner)d,opcibuaarurtnlaytd.ciens! B Read the article and write Right or Wrong. VALUES 1 The metro stations in Moscow are famous because they You read about different are beautiful. underground railways. Moscow’s metro is beautiful, but the London 2 The first metro in the world was in Paris. Underground is dirty. Why do you 3 The London Underground is very quiet. think this is? Why is it important 4 The metro in New York has more stations than the metro to look after the different places in your town or city? in Seoul. 5 The Tokyo metro has more passengers than other metros. 6 Passengers push to get on trains on the Tokyo metro. 14 Amazing fact! D id you know that more than half of the London Underground is not actually underground?

VOCABULARY Time expressions now, at the moment A C omplete these dialogues with words from the these days, this week / month / summer / year tomorrow, soon article. at the weekend, at four o'clock on Thursday / my birthday 1 A: Is there an underground r _ _ _ _ _ _ next week / month / year in Copenhagen? Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. B: Y es, and the m _ _ _ _ there is special Use the present continuous. because there isn’t a driver and the p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can sit at the 1 ‘ (that man / push) front! you?’ ‘Yes, he . He’s very rude!’ 2 A: How can I leave the station? 2 My parents (use) B: The e _ _ _ is upstairs. my grandpa’s car this week. 3 A: D oes the train for London stop at this 3 We (not look for) s _ _ _ _ _ _? the exit now. B: Yes, it does, but you are on the wrong p _ _ _ _ _ _ _! 4 ‘ (Nia / visit) her aunt in London at the weekend?’ ‘No, she B Complete the paragraph with these words. .’ catch get off get on miss pull push 5 ‘ (the twins / get on) the metro now?’ ‘No, they .’ My friends and I 1 the bus to school 6 You (not wait) on the right platform at the moment. every morning. It stops near our house. The doors 7 I (travel) to open and we 2 . When the bus Japan on Friday and I’m very excited! stops at school, we 3 slowly. We 8 Look! A big orange cat (lie) in our never 4 ! Sometimes my friends garden! 5 the bus. They 6 their bags behind them and they run to school. SPEAKING GRAMMAR See Grammar Unit 1 Lesson 2. Look at the pictures on page 122 and find the differences. Talk about them with your partner. Present Continuous In Picture A, there is a train at the In Picture B, the We use the present continuous: platform. The train is orange. train is green. • for things that are happening now. Are people pushing to get on the train now? WRITING • for things that are happening for a short time or are Write sentences in your notebook about the pictures temporary. in Speaking. I’m not going to school on the train this week. • to talk about future plans. They are closing the doors soon. See the table for form and the spelling rules on page 118. Be careful! Remember, there are two short forms for is not and are not. She is not waiting at the station. ➝ She isn’t waiting at the station. OR She’s not waiting at the station. We are not walking to school. ➝ We aren’t walking to school. OR We’re not walking to school. UNIT 1 LESSON 2 15

Lesson 3 READING A Find and underline these words in the webpage. What do they mean? age character costume enter late-night feast prefer pyjamas sleepover Is the best toyshop in the world? We asked you this question! Here are your answers. Noel: IHtesopihswniavaleljeaamryotrnbiyg!cleteeiroIsnyettss’ogsaotstutrbamnipmsnenohlydaetasoLcsnefowoe.ulnlTfandfc!docouneEodtrssyovnactt!reyo.h,SrtmbiyEoIloduvlyemdortesreaorhstenyyhkotaoiiopmslirnisofkeseiuaednuslnilkamfdtfaInhebmghtoeriheegeweesnwlrspb!tsIo.e’tHmwrIaoldrairdt!ew.mhrI.eIoHo’lsbmerfsakiytremitsrnuhne;gpldeafiataylai’lnyssyltl B Read the webpage and circle the correct words. James: MiHmfbanaina,yyvrtmdyohtocwugldheuroaaiyitlmyesdecnrhepetrsirTelniedgVhrsrheaeeatrrnnceedtnh.asiOofma,nfrwethdeaor.ecenoIttno.WleiontT!rvesgMhwe’,eryoearHareclnadfhhaumd!iernldeWrlneerthyeehynus’etrbo.enyweWd'drwaaaerhenryaedtlacknstbhnhineyoodecgofomautstihuoniangesytlgoeiolsr! Billy: ItIsSfhoiitkrhasyhsnevtsiteneo,harktwo’hnsapeHdyglnaaohiontmuteienhr-ltgecenhfayryieoign’sernhenwiitnsdagofvsoesrsilitpaadlneesre,geetcfb!prtigiauooBeoltvnu.piendItiutrgsl’Itsotohodtvhnneneoeornateirtt’het!taejoIluftiitourk’sstrrepthoytaeahtjfhaewptimthsaoeberaeyitidgsyskse.ghetaoaMeonnr.spdedytI!. 1 Hamleys is a new / famous shop. 2 Hamleys is a fun / boring place to work. prefer my own bed! 3 Families / Actors love Hamleys. 4 James is visiting Hamleys tomorrow / today. 5 James’ children are having a party / buying presents in Hamleys. 6 Billy’s sister is going to stay in Hamleys all night / day at the weekend. 16 Amazing fact! D id you know that over five million people visit Hamleys in Regent Street in London every year?

VOCABULARY Circle the correct words. 1 I always am taking off / take off my dirty football A Match. kit in the bathroom. 1 This person is in a film. 2 She is knowing / knows it’s a great place for 2 This is the way into a place. 3 This is a walk around a place to find out people of all ages. 3 Look! The baby is falling over / falls over. Help about it. 4 This person buys something. him! 5 This is another word for a shop. 4 I don’t want / ’m not wanting to dress up in this 6 This person stays in a place a short time. silly costume! 5 Jack is thinking / thinks Hamleys is the best shop a customer b visitor in the world. c tour 6 The store is open, so we ’re going in / go in now. d store e actor LISTENING f entrance Listen to five people talking about buying things B Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs. in different London shops. Match the speakers with dress up fall over go back the things. Be careful! There is one extra thing. go in put on take off Speaker 1 Speaker 2 1 We usually our dirty shoes Speaker 3 in the hall. Speaker 4 Speaker 5 2 The twins are one year old and they often because they can’t walk A a costume very well. B a toy railway station C a red football 3 The children must in D pyjamas costumes for the party. E a toy train F a storybook 4 We can’t because the door isn’t open. SPEAKING 5 They clean clothes every Talk to your partner about your favourite shop. morning. My favourite shop is called Public. 6 Oh no! Where’s my phone? Can we It sells toys, books and games. to the shop and look for it? GRAMMAR See Grammar Unit 1 Lesson 3. Stative Verbs Some verbs don’t describe actions. They are called stative verbs. We don’t use them with the present continuous even when we are talking about something that is happening now. Some stative verbs describe emotions (hate, like, love, prefer, want) and others describe thinking (know, remember, think). We’re watching a scary film. I hate it! ‘This is my sister, Jane.’ ‘Yes, I remember her.’ UNIT 1 LESSON 3 17

Lesson 4 READING A Find and underline these words in the blog. What do they mean? cell difference post send waterproof Ted’s travelblog This week I’m in Boston, USA. I’m going on a tour on a swimming bus! 1 Then it goes into the water ... and the bus is a boat! The best views are from the front! Does your town have a duck tour? What strange things do other towns have? COMMENTS Noratheexplorer I’m staying on Hideaway Island, Vanuatu. I want to send a postcard and there is an unusual post office here. 2 It has a flag above it. Visitors see the flag and then they swim down under the water and post their special waterproof postcards. Like Worldvisitor I’m on the Isle of Unst in Scotland and I’m sitting at a bus stop with a difference! There’s an armchair, cushions and curtains. 3 It’s perhaps the most famous bus stop in the world! Like Roadtripper I’m visiting the fire station in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. There is a special fire engine here. It’s a fire engine, but it’s also an ambulance. 4 Like Happytraveller I’m visiting an old building in Bristol, UK. A few years ago, it was a police station, but there aren’t any police officers here now, only teachers and students. 5 The cells are now the library! Like B Read the blog and complete it with these sentences. Be careful! There is one extra sentence. a The bus goes along the road. d It’s a primary school now. b It’s three metres under the sea! e It looks like a living room! c It’s very dangerous! f It can take one person to hospital. 18 Amazing fact! D id you know that there are tours in Stockholm, Sweden, where you climb up onto the roofs of buildings to see the city?

VOCABULARY 4 Circle the correct words. A Find the stickers. 1 D o you stay / Are you staying on the island for a month? 1 2 Peter is talking / talks to the police officer now. 3 Mrs Smith isn’t working / doesn’t work in a primary school next year. 4 Do they swim / Are they swimming under the water at the moment? 5 Doctors are helping / help people every day. 6 Inever am buying / buy postcards on my holidays. bus stop hospital JUST SAY it! 2 5 A  Listen to these words. What sound do the fire station primary school pink letters have? 3 6 about around actor children B  Now say these words. Circle the /uh/ sounds. Be careful! One of the words has two /uh/ sounds. Then listen and check your answers. ambulance doctor famous pyjamas post office police station SPEAKING This is a hospital. There’s an ambulance outside. Talk to your partner about the picture. B Circle the correct words. 1 The flag / sign on the door says ‘No entrance’. 2 The visitor is writing a postcard / stamp to her friends. 3 My dad works at a hospital. He drives a(n) fire engine / ambulance. 4 Mum’s calling the police officer / doctor because Grandma feels sick. GRAMMAR See Grammar Unit 1 Lesson 4. Present Simple and Present Continuous WRITING We use the present simple to talk about general truths, things we often do and permanent situations. W rite sentences in your notebook about the picture Post offices sell stamps. in Speaking. I don't send a present to my grandma every month. Is the police station behind the fire station? UNIT 1 LESSON 4 19 We use the present continuous for things that are happening now, for things that are happening for a short time or are temporary, and to talk about future plans. We are waiting at the bus stop at the moment. Are they staying at their grandparents’ house this summer? I’m not going on a tour of the palace tomorrow.

Skills Building GRAMMAR See Grammar Unit 1 Lesson 5. Articles Complete the sentences with a, an, the or -. We use a / an (indefinite article) with singular countable nouns when we talk about something or someone in general. 1 There’s bus stop in my village. She’s a girl from my town. He’s an actor. bus stop is in front of my house. We use the (definite article) with singular and plural countable 2 There’s boy on the platform. nouns, and with uncountable nouns when we talk about something that we’ve already mentioned or something specific or unique. 3 The palace has app for phones. The girls are flying to Paris tonight. I want to travel around the world. 4 There’s museum! It’s my There’s a post office in my city. The post office is always busy. favourite. We don’t use an article with plural countable or uncountable nouns when we talk about something or someone in general. 5 Ithink journeys are fun and Cities are often noisy. You can't eat food on the metro. exciting. 6 I feel like I’m walking in air! 7 Everyone wears pyjamas at sleepovers. LISTENING it right! In some listening activities, you will hear A Listen and write the names. the spelling of a word. Listen to each letter carefully and write them down correctly. Be 1 _ _ _ _ careful! When there are two letters the same, 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for example pp, you will often hear double p. 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B C hoose three names of people or places from this C Listen and write. unit. Ask and answer about spelling with a partner. How do you spell ‘London’? L – O - N – D - O – N School trip to Chester Zoo Bus is leaving: 1 o’clock Lunch: a 2 Tour of the zoo with: 3 Explore the zoo with: the phone 4 Important! . You must stay on the 5 20

SPEAKING it right! When you give directions (tell someone how to get to Look at the map. Ask for and give directions a place), use the imperative: Go straight on until you with a partner. Use the phrases in the box. get to the cinema. Turn left after the park. Giving directions Go up/down ... Go along .... Go straight on. Turn left/right. Go past the ... It's on your/the left/right. It's next to/behind/in front of the ... WRITING Excuse me. How do Go up George Street. Go past the park and I get to the bus stop? the bookstore and turn right. Then go along A C orrect the punctuation mistakes in these sentences. the High Street. It's opposite the stadium. What punctuation did they need? it right! 1 Visiting a fire station is really exciting? When you write in English, use capital 2 he is from london. letters, commas, apostrophes, 3 Is Hamleys the biggest toyshop in the world. question marks, exclamation marks 4 They sell maps posters and mugs. and full stops correctly. 5 She’s going on a sleepover She’s lucky 6 Its Jills birthday on Friday. B Read the postcard. Find six punctuation mistakes and correct them. C Write a postcard about a Dear Sam, Sam Davis trip to a city. Use this plan Isb’iemscteainru.spIea’mritis’rswesaiotlhlyemxecnyijtpoinaygrinehgnetmrseya?snedlfmy 4 North Road to help you. Don’t forget Wnweienardreotwshtewacyeiencngatnrinesaeonef atthmheeazcRiiitnvygeFrfrlSoaetminoeu! r Bristol to check your punctuation TtrahoebedsotaEaayiutfwfrteaerlni’prTte.oaTwlvooiesnmrigtoiantrnhgrdeoawarnicvwaoereort’.lrmeFrugesoneicunhmg on UK when you finish! Do you like this postcard. Plan Love, Anna Dear / Hi / Hello ..., Paragraph 1: Write about the city you are in and the people you’re with. Paragraph 2: Write about where you are staying. Paragraph 3: Write about your activities today and tomorrow. Love, / From, / Best wishes, … UNIT 1 SKILLS BUILDING 21

Review 1 VOCABULARY C Match. A Read the words in the list. Are they people (P) or 1 There’s my favourite store! Let’s get 2 The train to London is here. Let’s get things (T). 3 On my birthday, I always dress 4 The street is icy. Be careful you don’t fall 1 air 7 customer 5 The shop doors are open. I want to go 2 ground 8 ambulance 6 We have PE now. I must put 3 transport 9 doctor 7 Hello. I’m looking 4 passenger 10 flag 8 Oh, no, my umbrella! I have to go 5 platform 11 hospital 9 Your socks are dirty. Take them 6 actor 12 visitor 10 I know the film isn’t real, but I feel B Complete the dialogues with the words in bold. a in and buy my friend a present. b off the bus! 1 entrance exit metro sign c on it. d over! A: H ello. Is this the to the e like it is! f back to school to find it. ? g on my football kit. h for the library. Can you help me? B: No, look at the . It’s the i up in a silly costume. j off and put them in the washing machine. . You can’t go in that door. D Complete the words in the paragraph. 2 pull push railway station A: People always me on the H i! My name is Emily. I live in Ottawa. Ottawa is underground . the 1 c _ _ _ _ _ _ of Canada. My mum is a police 2 o _ _ _ _ _ _. She works in B: Yes, and people often a police 3 s _ _ _ _ _ _. My dad is a fire fighter. He works in a 4 f _ _ _ station and their big bags behind them at the train he drives a big red fire 5 e _ _ _ _ _. My aunt works in a post 6 o _ _ _ _ _. She and hit me with them! 7 s _ _ _ _ things like 8 s _ _ _ _ _ and 9 p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. My uncle is a 3 bus stop catch miss remember tour teacher. He works in a 10 p _ _ _ _ _ _ school. He’s my teacher! A: Do you what time the city starts? I don’t want to the bus. B: It starts at half past three. A: Oh, no. It’s 3.20! Let’s run to the to the bus now! 4 explore invite journey map picnic travel A: Is it a long to London, Mum? B: Y es, it is, but we’ll on the train. It’s great fun. Dad has a to help us when we get there. We want to Kew Gardens. I’m making a for us to eat! Do you want to a friend? A: Oh, yes please! 22

Song GRAMMAR A Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the present simple or the present continuous. 1 Fire fighters (often save) people. 2 ‘ primary school?’ ‘Yes, I (you / go) to this .’ 3 ‘ (they / travel) to Copenhagen at the moment?’ ‘No, they .’ 4 My cat for) mice in our garden. (never look 5 ‘ (Amy / walk) to school this week?’ ‘Yes, she .’ 6 I (not go in) that entrance when I use the metro because there are lots of stairs. 7 Mr Jones the bus now. (get on) 8 My aunt (not visit) London next week. B Choose the correct answers. City life 1 Maria big cities. This is the centre of the city. a is loving b loves It is noisy and it’s busy. 2 I that’s the way to the underground railway. There are people on the bus. a don’t think b ’m not thinking They are on the Underground. 3 I sometimes on the icy city streets. They are going to work. a am falling over b fall over They are visiting the shops. 4 Look! A famous actor the plane! a is getting off b gets off Everyone is busy here. 5 George to buy a poster for his sister. City life is lots of fun! a wants b is wanting 6 We the town at the moment. This is the park in the city. a ’re exploring b explore It is green and it’s pretty. There are trees and paths. C Circle the correct answers. There are fish in the river. We are sitting on the grass. 1 Everyone dresses up in - / the costumes on this day. We are having a picnic. 2 Here’s the / an map of the city. We need it for our tour. Everything is pretty here. 3 We think the / - sleepovers are silly and boring. 4 There’s a / the police station in my town. A / The City life is lots of fun! police station is on Elm Street. REVIEW 1 & SONG 23 5 There’s an / a palace in the / - countryside. 6 There’s - / an ambulance in front of the / an hospital. 7 We always put a blanket on the / - ground when we have a picnic. watch this! Which countries are there in the video? What are their capitals?

CLIL: Geography A Do you know the flags of these countries? Write the names of the countries under the correct flags. Australia Brazil Canada China Egypt Greece India Japan South Africa Spain UK USA 123 4 567 8 9 10 11 12 B  What do we call people from the countries in A? Write the nationalities in the table. Then listen and check. -ian -n Nationalities -ish -k -ese C Imagine you are from one of the countries in A. Tell your partner Project: WORLD FLAGS what colour your country’s flag is. You partner will guess which Choose any country in the world and country you are from. draw its flag. Label the flag with the name of the country and the My country’s flag is red and white. Are you from Japan? nationality of the people there. Stick your flags in the correct places on a No, I’m not. I’m not Japanese. Are you from Canada? map of the world. Yes, I am. I’m Canadian. 24

Unusual towns and cities CULTURE around the world a b A Look at the photos. Which countries do you think c these towns and cities are in? B N ow read these paragraphs about unusual towns and cities around the world and match them to the photos in A. 1 Coober Pedy C Read the paragraphs again and circle T (true) or Coober Pedy is a small town in Australia. It is an opal mining town. Opals are beautiful stones. We F (false). find them underground. Coober Pedy is unusual because most of its buildings are underground too. 1 All the buildings in Coober Pedy are T/F This is because this town is in a very hot desert. underground. The underground buildings stay cool all day. There 2 It is hot inside the buildings in Coober Pedy. T / F are houses, shops, a post office, a museum and a 3 You travel around Venice in your car. T/F hospital in the town. About 3500 people live in 4 Lots of people visit Venice. T/F Coober Pedy. Visitors like to go there on holiday. 5 Thames Town doesn’t look like a Chinese town. T / F 6 Nobody lives in Thames Town. T/F 2 Venice Venice is an old city in Italy. It is on lots of small D Ask and answer with a partner. islands and you use boats on the canals to travel around it. There are water buses, water taxis and • Is there anything unusual about your town or city? the famous gondolas too. Lots of visitors go to • What buildings are there? Venice every year to explore the city and see • What do you like best about it? the beautiful buildings and palaces. Venice is a • How can people travel around your town or city? beautiful city, but there are problems when it rains because the streets and squares are full of water. take it home! 25 Tell your family about the unusual 3 Thames Town towns and cities, which one is Thames Town is a very new town in China. It looks your favourite and why. like an English town, and its name comes from the River Thames in London. Its houses, streets and shops look like they are English, and it has red phone boxes too. Lots of people go there to take their wedding photos. Lots of the houses belong to rich people, but they don’t live there all the time, so Thames Town is very quiet.

The Amazing Kids 2 Hi Grandpa. These are my friends Episode 1: A Summer holiday Feather, Dash and Rocky. 1 I see the island. Look! There it is. Hello everyone. Welcome to our island. Our holiday is starting! We’re here! Hooray! Is your grandpa meeting us? Yes. He’s coming in his van. I love your van, ... erm ... Grandpa? 4 That afternoon 5 The sea looks amazing. Can we go swimming tomorrow? Good idea, Rocky! Perhaps we can go scuba diving with Grandpa! This is an amazing place. Do you Yes, I do. come here every summer, Cat? I love it here. I love the ice cream here. It tastes good! Look at that boat! It’s moving very fast. 26

3 Yes, that’s fine. You can all call me Grandpa. Good idea. We can walk there. What do you want to do this afternoon? It’s small, but it’s very pretty. I want to see the town. Do you need some help, Rocky? No thanks. 6 Aah! What are they doing? 7 The boat is called Lady Litterbug. Who are those people? Ha ha ha! EPISODE 1 27

Student’s Book Amazing English is an exciting new three-level course especially researched and written for young learners. Each level is of a manageable length and can be completed in one academic year. Key features of Amazing English 2 Student’s Book an introductory unit reviewing key language from primary classes, as well as introducing the main characters in the exciting ongoing story, The Amazing Kids u nit openers that activate theme-related vocabulary from Cambridge YLE Starters t heme-related units, including lessons about amazing people, places and things, as well as special skills-building lessons that actively develop students’ listening, speaking and writing skills regular reviews that reinforce language presented within the unit and that finish with a theme- related video and a catchy song theme-related CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and Culture sections that encourage students to engage in pair or group work while focussing on other subjects such as maths or geography in English, or while exploring a particular aspect of life b eautifully-illustrated episodes of the exciting ongoing story, The Amazing Kids, that not only capture students’ imagination and motivate them to read in English, but also reinforce the themes and language presented in the student’s book v alues and Now take it home! features that ensure students connect their learning to the real world Amazing English 2, a complete package for beginner students: Amazing English 2 Student’s Book Amazing English 2 Workbook Amazing English 2 Grammar Amazing English 2 Test Book Amazing English 2 e-book Amazing English 2 Teacher’s Book Amazing English 2 Class Audio CD Amazing English 2 Interactive Whiteboard Software